Spring–Our 50th Issue–Showcases Connecticut Celebrities

We’re celebrating our 50th issue with stories about some of Connecticut’s A-list names in arts and entertainment: Hepburn, Calder, Thumb (General Tom Thumb, that is)! Read how Connecticut has fostered creativity in arts and entertainment including the Connecticut actor who made the stage and film character of Sherlock Holmes a household name, and the summer theater-in-a-barn that has seen a parade of famous actors grace its stage. Learn more about where and why Connecticut has been a magnet for modern artists and about Connecticut’s smallest celebrity (at only 25 inches tall) who was America’s first international star.

Recording with Office of Governor Ned Lamont for a new episode of our podcast! He is quite the history buff! Coming soon to #GratingTheNutmeg on Apple Music Spotify etc - check all our episodes out now! ctexplored.org/LISTEN ...

Hope to see you Thursday for this fascinating program!Hartford History Center Info at: Thomas Hooker Lecture - Uncovering Their History ProgramComing up this Thursday! Free program-discover more about Hartford's earliest African and Native American communities in the CT Colony and Hartford with Dr. Kathy Hermes! Reception following the lecture. Art by Cora Marshall, coramarshall.com ...

Come see us and our newest CT History for Kids book at Venture Smith Day in East Haddam, this Saturday, First Church Cemetery, 1 - 4 p.m. Or visit venturesmithcolonialct.org and share with your teacher friends! ...

New Podcast Episode out today! Stream: bit.ly/2kquBuKCT Explored’s Mary Donohue finds out about an innovative, model project that uses fine-grained scholarship to uncover the lives of almost 500 African, African American and Native Americans buried between 1640 and 1815 in Hartford’s oldest historic site, the Ancient Burying Ground. She talks with Dr. Kathy Hermes, Professor at Central Connecticut State University, about the project, sponsored by the Ancient Burying Ground Association and about the new website that makes all this research available with a click of a mouse. Art by coramarshall.com // Upcoming free event on this topic: Thomas Hooker Lecture - Uncovering Their History Program ...

Fall 2019: The Importance of Family 0 By Elizabeth Normen on August 26, 2019 Connecticut History, News Flash!, Uncategorized About this issue a subscriber wrote me, “This issue is so moving, especially the article about Caroline Ferriday.” The Fall 2019 issue is in the mail to subscribers and wi...

In this episode Evan and Shaun discuss Otto Pizza in Chester, The Hartford Athletic, Essex Steam Train and more! Plus Evan sits down with Mary Donahue to discuss some historic roadside eateries in Connecticut.

Connecticut Book Awards recognize the best books of 2019 by authors and illustrators from Connecticut or books about Connecticut. Categories include Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Books for Young Readers.

Colony of Connecticut History & Genealogy Connecticut State Historian New Haven Museum Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum Museum of Connecticut History Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Institute of Connecticut History Connecticut's Old State House CT State Historic Preservation Office Connecticut Humanities Connecticut Landmarks Harriet Beecher Stowe Center The Association for Gravestone Studies Association for the Study of Connecticut History CCSU Public History Ann Nyberg's "Network Connecticut" Office of Governor Ned Lamont Hartford Public Library Hartford History Center Greenwich Historical Society Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Wesleyan University Press

Yum! Coming up on Sept 26thEarly Nutmeggers quaffed and consumed some strange concoctions, from rattle-skull (rum, dark beer, lime, brandy and sherry) to hasty pudding! Eric Lehman and Amy Nawrocki will delight us with surprising, and sometimes amusing, tales of what our forebears managed to ingest in a presentation, A History of Connecticut Food! Preceded by a wine reception, by donation, at 6 p.m. Free for members, $5 for nonmembers. Join us! Details: www.facebook.com/events/482831768931316/...